Research Insights are thought leadership articles, covering important topics and issues, with pointed advice and recommendations for readers
Data architectures and their supporting technologies and capabilities (including analytic data infrastructure, and data engineering and data catalog products) face increased technology and business pressure to meet the requirements of…
Master data management (MDM) represents a perennial issue for many organizations that want to establish and maintain a common frame of reference (some use the phrase “single source of truth”)…
2023 was a good year for growing revenue through the application of business intelligence (BI). Initiatives focused on revenue generation, compared to those focused on reducing costs, showed three times…
Our data show perceptions of the importance of Guided Analytics® correlates highly with levels of success with business intelligence (BI) initiatives. An important component of self-service BI, Guided Analytics improves…
A minority of organizations use data catalogs (23 percent), and more than 60 percent of organizations also report users encounter difficulty finding analytic content. Of the five data governance organization…
People are the heart of every organization. Executives that want to help the people in their organizations should anonymously apply to work there every few years and go through the…
Most organizations struggle to find the right data to make informed business decisions: 61 percent of users find it impossible, difficult, or somewhat difficult to locate analytic content. These data…
During the second half of 2022, respondents indicated that impacts from external forces would wane throughout 2023 (see the Research Insight “Data Leaders Need to Prepare for the Challenges That…
Privacy issues have largely been the domain of business, risk, and compliance leaders and not directly the concern of data leaders and their teams. However, this is changing as an…
As they increasingly value data-driven decisions and insights, the majority of organizations continue to increase investments in data and analytics. Business intelligence (BI) and data-related initiatives do more than drive…
New analytics and analytical technologies such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) force organizations to extend beyond traditional data governance to encompass analytic content. Organizations reporting high levels…
Organizations invest significant resources in their BI Competency Centers (BICCs) to help best support and ensure the success of their BI investments. Nearly 55 percent of organizations report dedicating at…
Our latest data show that about 90 percent of organizations have plans to use generative AI at some point. Despite these high levels of current and planned use, perceptions about…
Organizations continue to have a generally negative perception about the total cost of ownership (TCO) of BI-related products and solutions. Nearly one-half of organizations believe the TCO of their selected…
For more than two decades, organizations have tried to drive adoption of tools and data analysis best practices through a centralized “brain trust” of business intelligence (BI) skills and strategy.…
Only a minority of organizations (less than 5 percent) allocate 51 percent or more of their business intelligence (BI) budgets to categories other than internal headcount and subscriptions for user…
As business intelligence (BI) and data-driven decision making grows increasingly critical for businesses, more and different types of external events can impact data leaders and their initiatives. Although economic, geopolitical,…
Despite the desire of many data leaders and their teams to minimize spreadsheet use and encourage their constituents to adopt more modern business intelligence (BI) and analytics tools, spreadsheets remain…
As the impacts of external forces persist (see the Research Insight “Expect Continuing But Waning Impacts Due to the Challenges Posed by External Forces”), organizations increasingly must be Hyper-Decisive®—the apex…
In 2023, a majority of respondents (52 percent) report increasing BI budgets. Among these organizations, 16 percent indicate their BI budget increases come from the reallocation of budget from other…
